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R. E. RIALEL,

'BALE TIE.

No. 291,228. Patented Jan. 1; 1884.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. RIALE, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR- TO THE OAMBRIAIRON COMPANY.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,228, datedJanuaryq, 185.4. Application filed November 14, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. RIALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at J ohnstown, in the county of Oambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of baleties composed of a buckle orfastening and a piece of wire of proper length. The obj ections tobale-ties made wholly of wire are that they either require manipulationto fasten them or havea positive contact attheirlooped or hooked ends,so that they are not adjustable to different-sized bales. The objectionsto the fastening devicessuch as plates, buckles, &c.used with wire inbale-ties are that they are generally difficult of manipulation, cannotbe readily attached in the process of baling, and they are so costlythat they have not come into general use.- My invention obviates all ofthese defects, it is simple and inexpensive, and it is adapted torepeated use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 rep resents a top or plan view ofmy improved bale-fastening as it appears in the operation Fig. 2 shows alike view after it has been fastened and subjected to a strain by theexpansion of the bale, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the detached plateor buckle in one of the forms in which it may be used.

A is a plate of iron or steel, which may be nearly of the size shown inFigs. 1 and 2, or of any convenient size, which plate is provided withthe longitudinal. slots 6 e, forming the tongue F, and a hole, D.

G is the end of the wire composing the band, which is made fast to theplate A in the process of manufacture, and G is the other end of theband, adapted to be inserted in the hole D in the plate A.

In the manufacture of this bale-tie a plate of iron or steel of suitablesize and shape is taken, and the slots 6 e and hole D are made in it bypunching or otherwise.

the slots is graduated to the size of the plate, so that it shall beleft as strong as the wire.

The size of The size of the hole D is graduated to the size -2, or itmay be flat, as shown in Fig. 3. I

prefer in large plates to give the top this convex form, as the linkedend of the wire band at H will fit it more closely.

Having formed the plate, a piece of wire of proper size and length toform a bale-tie is taken, and one end of the wire G is passed throughone of the slots 0, then over the tongue F and through the other slot e,and then is returned and fastened by twisting it around the wire band,as shown, thus forming the link B around the tongue F. The plate A isthus secured to one end of the wire by the open link B, and the bale-tieas a merchantable article is complete. The method of attaching the tieto the bale is shown in Fig. 1, and consists in inserting the plain endof the wire 0 through the hole D and wire link B, the expansion of thebale causing the bale-tie to at once assume the form shown in Fig. 2,the end 0 of the wire being so effectively locked by the wire'link Bthat it is impossible by the use of any force to shake it loose, or tocause it to strip through the hole D. This method of fastening has thefurther merit of so distributing the strain upon the wire that thebreaking-point of the bale- "tie is but little below the breaking-pointof the wire.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bale-tie buckle or fastening consisting of the plate A, providedwith the slots 6 eand hole D, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a bale-tie, of the plate A, provided with theslots 6 e, and having the hole D, adapted to receive one end of thewire, with the Wire link B, formed from the other end of the wire,substantially as described, and

for the purpose set forth.

ROBT. E. RIALE.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. SWANK, Jr. R031. A. SHILLINGFORD.

